president trump accuses zelenskyy of playing with fire when it comes to risking world war iii. >> gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war iii. you're gambling with world war iii. >> and that, says vice president 1.0. >> and that, says vice president j.d. vance, also took a swipe at zelenskyy, accusing him of being ungrateful. >> this entire meeting, have you said thank you? you went to pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in october. offer some words of appreciation for the united states of america and the united states of america and the president who is trying to save your country. >> european leaders have come out in support of their

ukrainian counterpart. and keir starmer prepares to host zelenskyy tomorrow. >> and as king charles invites donald trump for an unprecedented second state visit. well, the united states leader be welcomed over here. >> elsewhere. we've sent our >> elsewhere. we�*ve sent our reporter, jack carson, to take part in a sugarbeet harvest up in lincolnshire. ahead of a farmers revolt on shrove tuesday. >> everything we�*ve done around >> everything we've done around the country has been done the british way, if you like. and we're not we're we're not french. we don't want to spread muck. at 10 downing street. >> the government is looking into a radical texas style pnson into a radical texas style prison reform that could see inmates earn their freedom in a bid to ease the overcrowding crisis in prisons. >> and the pope's condition has worsened overnight. doctors are saying now that he has suffered from a breathing crisis. we'll be getting the very latest from

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yeah, it is a bit early, isn't it? tell you what, though, there's a lot to talk about. i mean, you must must have been watching last night. the oval office fiasco. what did you think? i mean, as an experienced politician. and presumably you've negotiated you�*ve probably had some difficult negotiations in your time. >> nothing like that. >> nothing like that. >> well, i don't think we've ever seen anything. >> like that. it was an absolute horror, to tell you the truth. i mean, i was in horror partly because i thought the zelenskyy was being bullied. i thought it was being bullied. i thought it was extremely, extremely unattractive. and secondly, i was in horror because of the consequences of this thing. i mean, the things we've seen in the last week or two are beyond my experience and comprehension. the united states voting with russia at the united nations, the united states humiliating the united states humiliating the president of ukraine, which was attacked by russia. you may remember that at one time, united states was worried about russian soviet incursion into

western europe. how things have changed. it's just an unrecognisable playing field. >> well, i couldn�*t believe, >> well, i couldn't believe, i don't know, did you watch? >> i did, yeah i did, it was extraordinary. >> was shocked. i mean people have been people were ringing me “p have been people were ringing me up last night saying did you just see that? you can barely get people who aren�*t interested. >> it's like a parallel >> it�*s like a parallel universe, isn�*t it? yeah. i was universe, isn't it? yeah. i was sitting on my sofa. >> it was. >> it was. >> taking it. >> taking it. >> all in. and, i mean, i thought, did you not suspect that something was happening in a way when he hosted macron and they had that fireside chat in front of the world's press and, you know, it could have gone delicately, even with macron. and then, you know, to watch starmer suddenly pull out the envelope. >> that was. >> that was. >> a golden envelope. >> a golden envelope. >> stroke of genius that i thought was do clunky. >> i thought. >> i thought. >> it was no. >> it was no. >> it was no. >> i thought it was pretty good. you might you might as well. trump likes talking about playing cards doesn't doesn't he? >> and starmer. >> and starmer. >> starmer had a card so why not play it early. >> he looked he looked clunky in the sense that, you know he's

not got a great personality i don't think. keir starmer he's don�*t think. keir starmer he's never going to appear well in that situation. but just the act of pulling out that he knew that trump trump was gonna be impressed by it. i think it worked. and you compare it to what happened yesterday and it's chalk and cheese. >> what's your hairiest negotiation. >> for you? >> for you? >> well, i�*ll tell you a very >> well, i'll tell you a very different story, but it does. it does concern ukraine. i went to ukraine in the days when it had just emerged from the soviet union, and it still was a big drinking culture. 50 i went to a dinner with the defence minister, who was a military chap, and every seventh toast was to the ladies, and these were vodkas. and when i say every seventh, you can understand that there were 14 or understand that there were 1a or 20 1 or 28 toasts. understand that there were 1a or 201 or 28 toasts. i don�*t remember. and it was just a struggle to remain, to remain soben struggle to remain, to remain sober, to stay upright at the table, not not to collapse. i mean, this is very old fashioned diplomacy, but that was my hairiest moment in a different sense. >> so coincidence that you told me it was one of the most enjoyable jobs you had in government. >> but he also says he doesn't

>> but he also says he doesn�*t remember much about it. but if only. i mean, we saw the sort of stark opposite, didn't we, yesterday with two men? just. >> and you were asking whether it was foreseeable. i had not foreseen it because the day before, trump had said, when asked whether he'd called zelenskyy a dictator. did i say that? i don�*t remember saying that? i don't remember saying that. and we thought, okay, he's wiping the slate and getting on. >> but it didn't work. >> but it didn't work. >> anyway, it's pretty clear. >> anyway, it�*s pretty clear. >> anyway, it�*s pretty clear. >> didn't last long, did it? and i and as you say, not only was it unedifying and gobsmacking, but it sort of feels a bit dangerous now. >> it feels very dangerous. and the reaction of european leaders was one that showed that they sensed the danger. they were expressing solidarity with zelenskyy, but they're also feeling very, very worried about european security. they just don't know where that stands. >> well, it may be now it's time. and that's again what i wondered, you know, has it been staged this way? is it was it intended? all of the european leaders are really going to have to get together and talk about this, how they handle the next step. aren't they? >> well.

>> well. >> they have to step up. >> they have to step up. >> what european leaders are quite good at is talking. well, you know, are they going to do anything else. because even this stuff and i hear i talk as a former defence secretary, all this stuff about going up to 2.5%, maybe one day, 3% of gdp, defence spending, it's all defence spending, it�*s all beside the point. if you spend the money badly, if you don't get anything for it, it doesn't matter how much you spend. we need, i mean, this is where need, i mean, this is where i think trump and musk are on to something. you need to start again. looking at the way government behaves, performs. if we're going to spend money on defence, we probably have to do it differently. and there are many lessons to learn from ukraine, for example, that drones are small, cheap drone can outdo a tank. we have to learn these stories anyway. it's very clear, isn't it, that our top story is united states military support for ukraine hanging in the balance after that heated meeting between donald trump and volodymyr zelenskyy at the white house yesterday. >> and of course, now we know it resulted in the ukrainian leader dramatically leaving washington

or being kicked out, as some newspapers are saying, after that terrible verbal slanging match in the oval office, if you can bear to watch it, you may well have woken up and not been able to watch it last night. let's have a listen. and watch. >> is in big trouble. can i wait a minute? no, no, you've done a lot of talking. your country is in big trouble. i know you're not winning. no, you�*re not not winning. no, you're not winning this. you have a damn good chance of coming out, okay? because of us president. and your men are brave. but they had to use our military. if you didn't have our military equipment you invited. you didn't have our military equipment. this war would have been over in two weeks. in three days. >> i